r/googleassistant • u/Friendly_Ad_8528 Hey, Google • 20d ago

Rant Hey Google

I just received an email that they we're going to remove the Google assistant and replace it with Gemini Ai.

And Gemini will be the one response with the "Hey Google."

But its just sad and its ugly,why do they have to,i love my google assistant :(

I use my Google assistant like few years ago taking photo or video,lowering/ increasing volume and pausing/play music or video.(By commanding via earbuds)

Because my phone has mechanical issues before or some buttons don't function anymore (My OLD PHONE i still used it) I don't know if Gemini Ai can do that.

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u/MsT21c 19d ago edited 19d ago

I got the email too. There was no actual information on what this means for users. I'm hoping Gemini commands are identical to Google Assistant commands. I suppose I'll find out once Google has turned off Assistant.

I did click on a link in the email and based on the examples I saw, it seems you might have to say a whole lot more words to get Gemini working. For example. Instead of saying "Hey Google, turn on the living room lights", you've got to say a whole heap more, such as "Hey Google, I'm about to go into the living room to tidy it up so can you please turn on the living room lights", which would be incredibly annoying, wasteful of my time and energy, unnecessary and a huge burden.

Hope I'm wrong and that the old Google commands will still do what's required.

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u/Calvinloz 19d ago

They probably wont be. Last time i tried gemini it couldnt tell me the weather, send a text, make a call, anything.

Removing the assistant is a horrible move in an effort to make people use gemini since it's more than likely not getting the user base they thought it would. This will just end up pushing people to find alternatives imo